2. Built-Ins

Widely known for bookshelves and cabinets, this rather expensive firm is taking 80 percent off floor samples (photos at manhattancabinetry.com), plus 10 percent off custom orders. An English- sycamore credenza, formerly $9,500, is $3,900.

3. Tableware and Décor

The charming and inexpensive Flatiron- district housewares shop is running its Spring Preview Sale—20 percent off all new merchandise, including dinnerware, pillows, vases, lamps, and more— from March 14 through 21.

4. Fabric and Upholstery

This old-line store is moving on April 1. To reduce inventory before the move, the proprietor, Garry Greenberg, is running a deal: Select an in-stock fabric for reupholstering and it’s free with labor.<

6. Design Classics

Much of the chain’s line of mid-century classics and crisp contemporary furniture will be 15 percent off from March 5 through 18, with free standard shipping to sweeten the deal.

7. Underfoot

Aronson’s Floor Covering

135 W. 17th St.; 212-243-4993

The friendly family-run business is offering cork and linoleum tile at 30 percent off throughout March. Then, during a warehouse sale from April 24 through April 27, area rugs are 60 percent off; orders placed that weekend for Merida rugs and wall-to-wall carpeting will also be discounted 20 percent.

8. Serenity at Home

Harmony Thru Design

212-570-6186

The feng shui consultants will help you place furniture, draw up charts, choose colors, and follow up, and do it for $150 off the basic consultation fee. (A studio is $400; a one-bedroom, $500; a two-bedroom, $700.)

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So what exactly does “best” mean in a city with thousands of pizza joints, hundreds of celebrity masseuses, and museum-worthy concept shops on every corner? Well, in the case of this, our annual “Best of New York” roundup, there’s a heavy emphasis on what’s new or what has somehow remained virtually unheard of (until now, of course).